nmt_oli Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 (edited) this guy has had a crazy idea, and hell its a good one too! Lucky for him it kicked off and now he's flippin loaded. Over £100,000 in less than a month! :turned: The Million Dollar Homepage Edited October 16, 2005 by nmt_oli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 I don't understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmt_oli Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 (edited) Copy and pasted from the FAQ section of his website: My name is Alex Tew, I'm 21 years old and I live in a small town in Wiltshire, England. I'll be starting at University in England at the end of September, where I will be reading Business Management. I'm going to Uni a little later than normal (I will technically be a mature student), but I'm really looking forward to it. Infact, I can't wait. But Uni is not cheap, and faced with the prospect of graduating after 3 years with a huge debt, I thought I'd try and make some money ($1m should do the trick!) The idea is simple: to try and make $1m (US) by selling 1,000,000 pixels for $1 each. Hence, 'The Million Dollar Homepage". The main motivation for doing this is to pay for my degree studies, because I don't like the idea of graduating with a huge student debt. I know people who are paying off student loans 15-20 years after they graduated. Not a nice thought! The pixels you buy will be displayed on the homepage permanently. The homepage will not change. Using some of the money I make from the site, I guarantee to keep it online for at least 5 years, but hopefully much longer. I want it to become a kind of internet time capsule. So, in the long run, I believe the pixels will offer good value. You will have a piece of internet history! Its a giant intereactive billboard, with all the pictures linked to the homepage of who bought the pixels. Edited October 16, 2005 by nmt_oli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 the guy gets a quid for every pixel he sells he's sold 400,000 in four days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 I'm not sure what there is stopping me from making the £0.5 Million website, but meh, fair play to the guy to be honest. I can't believe it's actually working. I'm not sure who would want that as their homepage though, it's just a page of adverts :turned: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackghostknife Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 He's a genius .. well very clever idea :turned: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmt_oli Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Tomm- theres nothign stoppping you, in fact many people have triead to copy him, but noones been anywhere near as successful, as they dont have the origonality or the press coverage. Dahnhilla- its $1 per pixel, not one pound. ($1 ~ £0.60) and he didnt sell 400,000 in 4 days- he hasnt quite reached 400,000 yet nad hes been going for a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 It wouldn't work without this. Advertisement on a median completly unrelated to his site. His site became big purely because of this. It was in almost all national newspapers, and hes actually from up north somewhere. He just knows what hes doing so has targetted america instead of the UK, as theirs bigger fish to fry. Theres loads of stuff about it everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank_rider Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 thats pure genius, well done to the lad!!! as im sure most people are saying, i wish i had thought of that!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 All chip in to get TF up there (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 You can't do it again because this kind of thing doesn't work twice. Be innovative, come up with your own idea. And when you do, don't post on here asking if everyone thinks it's a good idea, just go and do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 But you have to buy 100 pixels at a time, thats 60 quid to get trials forum up. Nice idea, don't think he'll be leaving uni poor, the lucky f**k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 fair play its an original idea (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 its one millon pixels for $1 you numb nuts! :$ good idea, rich bugger :ermm: WILL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 its one millon pixels for $1 you numb nuts! :$ No, it's not numb nut :ermm: 1 pixel = 1$ 100 pixels (ie one VERY small square(10px by 10px), about enough space to write a letter) = $100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011001000110010101110010 Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 My sister went to school with this guy :P Ive met, hes nice. Like other people have said, tis a very good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 Haha checkout all the lame copies. http://www.onepennypixel.com/ http://www.1dollar1pixel.com/ http://www.20centpixels.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 Heh, nice one. Who wants to chip and buy ALL of his remaining pixels then sell them on for double? you'd only need to shift 200,000 approx. to break even :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_ferret Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 if you see the little picture of a cannabis leaf its a coooooooool stratagey game abotu gardening :lol: oggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 where?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 http://www.bushtarion.com/ Its a text based online game. MMROPG or something. I used to play something like it a few years back, there is loads about these days, and some have thousands of players. Its a bit like WoW or GuildWars without the 3D graphics and in some respects a lot more fun at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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